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Lexicon :: Strong's H302 - 'ăḥîṯōp̄el

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אֲחִיתֹפֶל
Transliteration
'ăḥîṯōp̄el
Pronunciation
akh-ee-tho'-fel
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲחִיתֹפֶל ʼĂchîythôphel, akh-ee-tho'-fel; from H251 and H8602; brother of folly; Achithophel, an Israelite:—Ahithophel.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H302 in the following manner: Ahithophel (20x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H302 in the following manner: Ahithophel (20x).

  1. Ahithophel = "my brother is foolish (folly)"

    1. a counsellor of David, grandfather of Bathsheba (cf 2Sa 11:3, 23:34), who joined Absalom in revolt against David, and committed suicide when Absalom did not heed his counsel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲחִיתֹפֶל ʼĂchîythôphel, akh-ee-tho'-fel; from H251 and H8602; brother of folly; Achithophel, an Israelite:—Ahithophel.
STRONGS H302: Abbreviations
† אֲחִיתֹ֫פֶל proper name, masculine (my brother is folly?) David's trusted & traitorous counsellor 2 Samuel 15:12, 31 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 15:34; 2 Samuel 16:15, 20, 21, 23 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 17:1, 6, 7, 14 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 17:15, 21, 23; 2 Samuel 23:34; 1 Chronicles 27:33, 34.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

15:12; 15:31; 15:34; 16:15; 16:20; 16:21; 16:23; 17:1; 17:6; 17:7; 17:14; 17:15; 17:21; 17:23; 23:34

1 Chronicles

27:33; 27:34

H302

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H302 matches the Hebrew אֲחִיתֹפֶל ('ăḥîṯōp̄el),
which occurs 20 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:12 - And while Ab'salom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahith'ophel the Gi'lonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Ab'salom kept increasing.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:31 - And it was told David, "Ahith'ophel is among the conspirators with Ab'salom." And David said, "O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahith'ophel into foolishness."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:34 - But if you return to the city, and say to Ab'salom, 'I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,' then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahith'ophel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:15 - Now Ab'salom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem, and Ahith'ophel with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:20 - Then Ab'salom said to Ahith'ophel, "Give your counsel; what shall we do?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - Ahith'ophel said to Ab'salom, "Go in to your father's concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father, and the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 - Now in those days the counsel which Ahith'ophel gave was as if one consulted the oracle of God; so was all the counsel of Ahith'ophel esteemed, both by David and by Ab'salom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:1 - Moreover Ahith'ophel said to Ab'salom, "Let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will set out and pursue David tonight.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:6 - And when Hushai came to Ab'salom, Ab'salom said to him, "Thus has Ahith'ophel spoken; shall we do as he advises? If not, you speak."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:7 - Then Hushai said to Ab'salom, "This time the counsel which Ahith'ophel has given is not good."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14 - And Ab'salom and all the men of Israel said, "The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahith'ophel." For the LORD had ordained to defeat the good counsel of Ahith'ophel, so that the LORD might bring evil upon Ab'salom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:15 - Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abi'athar the priests, "Thus and so did Ahith'ophel counsel Ab'salom and the elders of Israel; and thus and so have I counseled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:21 - After they had gone, the men came up out of the well, and went and told King David. They said to David, "Arise, and go quickly over the water; for thus and so has Ahith'ophel counseled against you."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:23 - When Ahith'ophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and went off home to his own city. And he set his house in order, and hanged himself; and he died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:34 - Eliph'elet the son of Ahas'bai of Ma'acah, Eli'am the son of Ahith'ophel of Gilo,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:33 - Ahith'ophel was the king's counselor, and Hushai the Archite was the king's friend.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:34 - Ahith'ophel was succeeded by Jehoi'ada the son of Benai'ah, and Abi'athar. Jo'ab was commander of the king's army.
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